And although she conveyed Manon's initial giddiness, she showed the undercurrent of wistfulness in her opening aria to be the character's more salient feature.

But with Leonora's opening aria, all that was lost.

After her poignant opening aria, the baron tries to draw her back to the party.

A rich polyphonic setting for flute, oboe d'amore and two violins, without viola, accompanies the opening aria.

There are problems with the upper notes, starting at about E flat, which lose focus and poise in the opening aria.

A quarrel then erupts between Eleonora and Tonina over which of them should sing the opera's opening aria.

Sarah's opening aria wasn't quite as bad as the overture, but it was grim enough.

The opening aria begins with a lullaby-like molto adagio in 12/8 time.

Franck's text is closely related to the Gospel, beginning with a paraphrase of verse 2 in the opening aria.

Mr. Sitkovetsky played the opening aria with hesitant, thoughtful sensitivity and exquisite variety of touch.